Imaged articles comprising a substrate having a primed surface

• Main Author: RINEHART ERNEST M.,SEVERANCE RICHARD L.,LUDWIG BRET W.,WOO OH SANG,KINNING DAVID J.,LEE JENNIFER L.,THEISSEN RICHARD F.,YLITALO CAROLINE M
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 07.02.2007
• Subjects: ADHESIVES; ADVERTISING; CHEMICAL PAINT OR INK REMOVERS; CHEMISTRY; COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES ORLACQUERS; COLOUR PRINTING; CORRECTING FLUIDS; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DECORATIVE ARTS; DISPLAY; DISPLAYING; DYES; EDUCATION; FILLING PASTES; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; INKS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; LINING MACHINES; METALLURGY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; NATURAL RESINS; PAINTS; PASTES OR SOLIDS FOR COLOURING OR PRINTING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; POLISHES; PRINTING; PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; SEALS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; SIGNS; SPECIAL DESIGNS OR PICTURES; STAMPS; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS; USE OF MATERIALS THEREFOR; WOODSTAINS

The present invention relates to an imaged article comprising: a) a substrate comprising a primed surface layer having an average thickness of t 1 , wherein the primed surface layer comprises at least one of an acrylic resin, vinyl resin or mixture thereof; and b) an ink layer on said primed surface layer, wherein the ink of the ink layer is a non-aqueous ink, wherein the primed surface layer comprises a base polymer which is at least in part soluble in the solvent of the ink such that, said ink layer has a theoretical dry thickness of t 2 , an actual average dry thickness of t 3 , and t 3 is greater than t 2 .